Guthrie County

The Guthrie County Courthouse at Guthrie Center
administration
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Guthrie Center
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 N 5th Street Guthrie Center, IA 50115-1300
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Jackson County
Area code :	001 641
Demographics
Residents :	10,954  (2010)
Population density :	7.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1536 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map
Website : www.guthriecounty.org

The Guthrie County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 10,954 residents and a population density of 7.2 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 10,687. The county seat is Guthrie Center .

Guthrie County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Des Moines .

geography

The county is located southwest of the geographic center of Iowa and has an area of ​​2536 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water.

It is from the Middle Raccoon River and the South Raccoon River flows through which over the River Raccoon and Des Moines River to the basin of the Mississippi are. In the northeast of Guthrie County, the Middle Raccoon River is dammed up to Lake Panorama .

The following neighboring counties border Guthrie County:

Carroll County	Greene County
Audubon County		Dallas County
Cass County	Adair County	Madison County

history

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	3058		-
1870	7061		130.9%
1880	14,394		103.9%
1890	17,380		20.7%
1900	18,729		7.8%
1910	17,374		-7.2%
1920	17,596		1.3%
1930	17,324		-1.5%
1940	17,210		-0.7%
1950	15,197		-11.7%
1960	13,607		-10.5%
1970	12,243		-10%
1980	11,983		-2.1%
1990	10,935		-8.7%
2000	11,353		3.8%
2010	10,954		-3.5%
2013 estimate	10,687		-2.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Guthrie County was formed on January 15, 1851 from former parts of Jackson County. It was named after Captain Edwin B. Guthrie , who died in the Mexican War.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Guthrie County had 10,954 people in 4,764 households. The population density was 7.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 4,764 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,626  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,219. 9.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Guthrie County localities

Citys

Adair 1 Bagley Bayard Casey 1

Coon Rapids 2 Guthrie Center Jamaica Menlo

Panora Stuart 1 Yale

Census-designated places (CDP)

• Diamondhead Lake
• Lake panorama

Unincorporated Communities

Arbor Hill Barrett Superette Canby

Dale Fanslers Glendon

Howe Monteith Wichita

^{1 - partly in Adair County
2 - mostly in Carroll County}

structure

Guthrie County is divided into 17 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Baker Township 228    19-90105 Bear Grove Township 160    19-90147 Beaver Township 599    19-90162 Cass Township 2410    19-90501 Dodge Township 519    19-91008 Grant Township 216    19-91659 Highland Township 670    19-91935 Jackson Township 308    19-92118 Orange Township 130    19-93192

Township Population (2010) FIPS Penn Township 524    19-93279 Richland Township 493    19-93591 Seely Township 209    19-93807 Stuart Township 1064    19-94020 Thompson Township 623    19-94110 Union Township 117    19-94212 Valley Township 1823    19-94302 Victory Township 861    19-94353

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Guthrie County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 465227. Retrieved on February 24, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Guthrie County, IA ( July 11, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved November 13, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 13, 2014
4. ↑ Lake Panorama. Retrieved November 13, 2014
5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
7. ↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Guthrie County, Iowa  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• city-data.com - Guthrie County, Iowa

Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 94 ° 30 ′  W